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Statistical study of high energy radiation from rotation-powered pulsars

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Based on our self-consistent outer gap model for high energy emission from the rotationpowered pulsars, we study the statistical properties of X-ray and y-ray emission from the rotation-powered pulsars, and other statistical properties (e.g. diffuse y-ray background and unidentified y-ray point sources) related to y-ray pulsars in our Galaxy and nearby galaxies are also considered

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China

    Guangsheng Zheng

  2. Department of Physics, Yunnan University, 650091, Kunming, China

    Li Zhang

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Zheng, G., Zhang, L. Statistical study of high energy radiation from rotation-powered pulsars. Sci. China Ser. A-Math. 43, 171–179 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02876043

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